“anyone lived in a pretty how town” Opening Statement In “anyone lived in a pretty how town” by E.E. Cummings‚ the author creates a strong depiction of a pretty town in which two people fall in love. The lilting sound of this poem and the positive word choice help convey the heartwarming happenings of the town‚ and overshadow the darker occurrences and grief. The poem follows the life of "anyone" a single person in the town who meets "noone" and falls in love. As the poem goes on‚ the two characters
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Edward Estlin Cummings‚ also known as E.E. Cummings was a very avant-garde poet that defies the rule of the english language. During the first World War‚ Cummings was arrested for three months under false grounds. His experience in jail inspired the thought of authoritarianism and modernism. Cummings’ was also influenced by Gertrude Stein’s syncytial and Amy Lowell’s imagistic experiment‚ inspired his work of using incorrect grammar‚ spelling‚ and poetry structure. Humans tend to cynical about facing
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To begin with‚ e.e cummings always wanted to be a poet. As a child his mother would read and write with him. E.E Cummings was a very creative child and had a lot of potential. Eventually‚ E.e Cummings grew up and started writing poems. Some of his poems ended up in an anthology named “eight Harvard poets”. Also‚ some other poems ended up getting published in “the dial”. An interesting quote that he wrote said “so far as I am concerned‚ poetry and every other art was‚ is‚ and forever will be strictly
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A mid-20th century poet famed for his avant-garde style of free verse poetry was a poet by the name of E.E. Cummings (commonly stylized as e.e. cummings). He was known for his disregard of grammatical norms; for example‚ proper capitalization and punctuation usage‚ and he would oftentimes combine multiple words into one‚ which gave his poetry its distinctive style. He also had an unusual way of formatting his poems‚ using line spacing atypical of what was commonly employed by other free verse poets
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In 1920‚ E.E. Cummings published the poem “Buffalo Bill’s”. This was only 3 years after William Cody (better known as Buffalo Bill) had died‚ making this poem like a tribute to Cody. The poem did praise Cody in multiple ways but Cummings also questioned if he really did anything heroic. Cummings was not known to have any sort of hatred towards Buffalo Bill‚ but he obviously did not respect him as much as any other person of his time would have. E.E. Cummings was born on October 14‚ 1894 in Cambridge
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Poets have the gift of taking fewer words than novelists and still instilling grand emotions within their readers. In “anyone lived in a pretty how town” by e.e. cummings‚ Cummings uses language in various ways to portray setting‚ mood‚ and meaning. It isn’t just the words he chooses‚ but the order by which he layers them. The setting isn’t described through adjectives‚ but through imagery and nouns. “a pretty how town” creates the setting of a happening town that is active throughout “spring summer
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Christine Moloney Adv. English F Block May 10‚ 2011 Walt Whitman’s “Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking” holds an extraordinary group of verbs throughout the poem. Among the commonly used verbs are others that make whole lines entirely more striking. After the first five lines‚ a few verbs really jump out at me. “Down from the shower’d halo” strikes me as a powerful way to illustrate moonbeams (5). The verb “shower’d” is similar to‚ yet much different than a moonbeam that shimmered or shone
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“Western Wind” “Western Wind” by an anonymous Middle English lyric relates to A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway. In A Farewell to Arms Fredrick Henry has a stream-of-consciousness. In a stream-of-consciousness the writer approximates the rapid‚ often chaotic thought patterns of the character. Thinking about Catherine‚ in the rain‚ Henry refers to the poem "Western Wind”. The poet of “Western Wind” wishes that his heart would heal from the pain of not being with the person that he loves
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Home can be described in many meanings. In both short stories of “Eveline” by James Joyce and “Soldier’s Home” by Earnest Hemingway‚ it defined home in many similar and opposite ways against one another. Since both authors used different ways to uncover the protagonist’s story‚ they both resulted in different interpretations of “Home.” Both stories revolved around family affairs so both the protagonist’s mother and father played a major role in the story but they also shared similarities throughout
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20100110003 陈桂芳 英国诗歌 Jan. 30‚ 2011 The Symbol of Soul —The bird image in Yeats’ poetry The poetry of William Butler Yeats is permeated by symbolism and mysticism which are attributed to his manipulation of various images. The image of birds crowns among the imageries of his poetry and is endowed with the poets’ profound philosophies. The bird
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